SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

As we rely increasingly on digital technologies for our work, communication, entertainment, and education, we also expose ourselves to more and more cyber risks. Cyberattacks can devastate individuals, businesses, and even nations, affecting our privacy, security, and economy. Phishing emails are more common than you know.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. Know how to identify a phishing attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The experts pointed out that crooks engaged in phishing activities have started to rely on the popular instant messaging platform more in recent months. On Telegram is possible to find channels that offer: Free phishing kits that can be used to target users of a large number of global and local brands. ” Phishing-as-a-Service.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Some malware attacks install tools like keyloggers to capture the keystrokes for stealing passwords or other sensitive information. Social Engineering It’s been found that almost one-fourth of the data breach is carried out by using social engineering. One common. Consumers should be wary of their data as well.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

The APT group has been active since at least 2017, its campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft. Recently, Recorded Future Insikt Group observed BlueCharlie building a new infrastructure to launch phishing campaigns and/or credential harvesting.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

What started as notes from Nigerian princes that needed large sums of money to help them get home has evolved into bad actors that use refined social engineering tactics to convince the receiver to unknowingly share important information. In 2022, email phishing attacks made up 24% of all spam emails — up from 11% in 2021.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

Trend Micro researchers spotted an elusive threat actor, called Earth Lusca, that targets organizations worldwide via spear-phishing and watering hole attacks. . The first cluster was set up using rented virtual private servers (VPS), it was employed in watering hole and spear-phishing attacks. Both clusters served as a C&C server.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Do you feel confident that everyone in your organization could identify a phishing email that contained ransomware? In today’s post, we share information with the goal that it will help everyone in your organization protect themselves from phishing attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2021

ISACA’s new publication, AI Uses in Blue Team Security , looks at AI, ML and DL applications in cybersecurity to determine what is working, what is not, what looks encouraging for the future and what may be more hype than substance. AI Uses in Blue Team Security is available as a free download at www.isaca.org/ai-blue-team-security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The threat actors were observed using social engineering techniques to compromise its targets, with fake job offers as the lure. ESET researchers detailed the full attack chain that commences with spear-phishing or direct messages on LinkedIn delivering a ZIP file containing a fake HSBC job.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The hackers used social engineering techniques, sending phishing emails to several of Target’s vendors, and successfully breached Target’s network. They then installed malware, which helped them obtain customers’ credit/debit card information. Educate employees about cyber risks. Third-party risk management.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The IT Security Guru caught up with Tarnveer Singh a CISO and finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2023 for his thoughts on how to get more professionals involved in the cybersecurity industry: There are many ways we can inspire new cybersecurity professionals to join our industry. We must reduce barriers to entry.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

About 10 or 11 years ago, when I came to the conclusion that there was this huge problem of social engineering, the only two companies were PhishMe and Wombat. And on the change from international expansion: our business is unique in that it’s not just translating phishing attacks to different languages.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security. Twitter @Slvlombardo. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIIS) 2020/21 State of the Profession report, job stress keeps 51% of cybersecurity professionals up at night. Of the hundreds of security professionals surveyed, the majority mentioned that stress and burnout have become a major issue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2020

Adding to that is the fact that 27% reported already receiving COVID-19 related phishing emails. Franseth is the Director of Professional Services for Cadre Information Security: "One of the things that it's made the situation worse is a lot of home networks were already hacked. Those are some scary statistics.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2021

A degree in computer science or information security and a background in military intelligence can be useful but isn’t necessary. Thanks to the wide availability of information and open source code, and incentives like bug bounties, there are many routes into ethical hacking outside of traditional education.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most affected sector is the business one (40%), followed by healthcare (8.3%), government (8.2%), and education (4.5%). The most popular attack method to harvest credentials remains phishing , stolen credentials are used to gain access to systems or services in successive attacks. “It’s not easy to characterize 2.6

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2019

Hackers Do a Payroll Diversion Through Phishing. A direct deposit paycheck hack involves getting the necessary details from the victim through a phishing scheme. This method hackers use likely won’t come as a surprise when you consider a few recent statistics about phishing. Plus, in 83.9%

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Georgia Bafoutsou of ENISA, the EU’s information security agency, called on those attending to amplify messages about security awareness. Rich Mogull, SVP of cloud security at Firemon, and Colm Gallagher of Commsec Security covered incident response and forensics in their respective talks.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The logic of the raid mainly comes down to using unsecured RDP ports or spear-phishing to infiltrate networks and gain a foothold in them. Local governments, small and medium-sized businesses, large international corporations, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions are the common targets.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language. The possibility of being attacked leaves no one in the world feeling completely safe anymore.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

By comparing these authentication modes you can see that: the classic approach using a pair of credentials is vulnerable especially because data could be accessed using techniques such as SQL injection, phishing and social engineering; The certificate approach is vulnerable because the certificate may not be verified and reliable.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Phishing attacks are a major threat to organizations, they remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This forced security leaders and enterprise executives to assess their information security operations and overall cybersecurity posture to ensure their organizations were ready to face the challenges ahead. To achieve this our industry needs to: Start educating individuals on cybersecurity early.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

“The bad actor may have gained access via a phishing attack targeting your employees—or through a vulnerable third-party vendor attached to your company’s server.” Below the list of recommendations provided by the FBI: Update and patch all systems with the latest security software.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Although your data may not have been found by anyone else, in case any ill-intentioned hacker discovered it, here are some of the risks people exposed could face: Phishing Scams and Malware. If you had a traffic accident in the last 5 years, odds are Inova was involved with your court case at some point.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Educate employees. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). Increasing security savvy at home can motivate employees to go further to protect your organization’s network and the customer information on it. Develop plans and playbooks.

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Webroot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Security awareness training is a proven, knowledge-based approach to empowering employees to recognize and avoid security compromises while using business devices. Effective security awareness training can significantly boost your organization’s security posture. Fully customizable phishing simulator.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

Suddenly, it occurred to me, "Hey, you know what we really need is a new sub-field that combines all aspects of security behavior design, such as security awareness, anti-phishing, social engineering, and even UEBA." Well, low-and-behold, it already exists!

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

In this context, the prime risks are the responsibility and role of employees in ensuring data and information security. This hack exposed some of its investors’ personal and financial information to a third party. The cyber attack succeeded when one of Sequoia’s employees fell victim to a phishing attack.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Street, a self-described “hacker-helper-human,” contemplates bad password advice, investing in human behavior, and why social engineering continues to work. Humans are not the weakest link in information security. They’re the least invested in for security. I’ve fallen for a phish. Today: Jayson E.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Read more: Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security. Jeremiah Grossman | @jeremiahg.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. For more information about the Qakbot TTPs check below the full analysis.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Security awareness and how you talk about cybersecurity. Our guests included: Cindy Liebes, Chief Program Officer for the Cybercrime Support Network; Jake Wilson, Security Awareness Evangelist for Western Governors University; and Gretel Egan, Senior Security Awareness and Training Strategist for Proofpoint. Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

ISO 27000 is a standard for information security and SOC is for maintaining consumer data integrity and security across several dimensions. Is your firm in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) to protect cardholder data during transactions?

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